Events

The Sophia Chamber Choir from Kyiv will perform at the Yehudi Menuhin Forum in Bern in the evening of December 12. Please save the date.

More information will follow shortly.

The concert is organized by the Ukraine Culture Network UCN. 

The War against Ukrainian Libraries

The Ukraine Culture Network UCN and Kornhaus Bibliotheken Bern (Kornhaus libraries, KOB) will jointly organize a series of events to raise awareness of the ongoing war against Ukrainian libraries. This war is part of the war the Russian Federation wages against Ukrainian culture and identity.

Events will take place at the main building of Kornhausbibliotheken at Kornhausplatz 18 in Bern on December 2nd and 3rd, 2025. Please find the tentative program below.

The Ukraine Culture Network will organize its 3rd online fundraising seminar on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 16 hours Swiss time / 17 hours Ukrainian time. This will help participants to be more professional in raising funds for their cultural projects.

At the seminar, Ursula Liebich, fundraiser at schreibenundmehr, will focus on the advantages and disadvantages of creating an association under Swiss law. She will also answer the questions of participants with regard to fundraising in Switzerland. 

02/10/2025

The online networking meetings organized by the Ukraine Culture Network help Ukrainian artists and cultural organizations to network with potential partners and funders.

A concert to celebrate Ukraine's National Day was organized by the Ukraine Culture Network in Bern on August 22nd, 2025.

The 2025 Summer Window exhibition at Kunsthaus Zofingen featured works of Ukrainian artists Dasha Podoltseva and Elena Orap. The typical Soviet apartment blocks of Ukraine, the so-called panelka buildings (prefabricated buildings), took the center stage. The exhibition was produced by curator Eva Bigler. 

The Ukraine Culture Network organized an online networking meeting on Wednesday, July 23. Online networking meetings help cultural organizations and Ukrainian artists network with potential partners and funders.

Ukraine Culture Network - online fundraising seminar for Ukrainian artists - Thursday, July 17, 2025

The Embassy of Ukraine in Switzerland, with support from the Honorary Consuls of Ukraine in Switzerland and Liechtenstein Andrey Luzhnytskyi and David Karl Jandrasits and the Ukraine Culture Network amongst others, arranged a symposium at the Polit-Forum Bern on the theme: “The Constitution of Ukraine: Evolution, Statehood and Its Role in Today's Challenges”. The event brought together diplomats, scholars, historians, lawyers and friends of Ukraine.

The panel discussions spanned from history, cultural heritage to challenges during Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Bohdan Futey, Professor of Law; Nicolas Hayoz, Professor of Political Science at the University of Fribourg; Jan Mispelaere, Historian of the National Archives of Sweden; Andriy Portnov, Historian; and Christian Schoenenberger, former Ambassador of Switzerland to Ukraine discussed:

- the historical legacy of Ukrainian constitutionalism - from Pylyp Orlyk to Independence;

- the significance of the 1996 Constitution for the formation of statehood;

- the challenges facing the Fundamental Law of Ukraine during Russia’s war.

Fête de la Musique 2025 (World Music Day 2025). Ukrainian musicians performed at Yehudi Menuhin Forum Bern on Saturday, June 21, 2025.

Concerts with Ukrainian Musicians in the Swiss Alps - June 7 and 8, 2025, Jam Session

From May 6–9, 2025, the city of Bern hosted the Odesa Culture Days – a vibrant festival showcasing the richness of Ukrainian music, film, and traditions, with a special focus on the city of Odesa.